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2 WBBM (CBS)
AM
5:00 The Bill Cosby Show (1969-71)
5:30 Morning Stretch - Joannie Greggains
6:00 Daybreak (local news)
6:30 CBS Early Morning News
7:00 CBS Morning News
9:00 The $25,000 Pyramid
9:30 Card Sharks
10:00 The Price is Right
11:00 Washington Island: North of the Tension Life (local show pre-empting Press Your Luck)
11:30 The Young and the Restless
PM
12:30 As the World Turns
1:30 Capitol
2:00 Guiding Light
3:00 Donahue (formerly based in Chicago at WGN 9)
4:00 Hart to Hart
5:00 Channel 2 News at Five
5:30 CBS Evening News
6:00 Channel 2 News at Six
7:00 Scarecrow and Mrs. King
8:00 Kate & Allie
8:30 Newhart
9:00 Cagney & Lacey
10:00 Channel 2 News at Ten
10:30 Magnum, P.I.
11:40 Movie: "Rain People" (1969) - James Caan, Shirley Knight
AM
1:00 CBS News Nightwatch (to 5:00)
5 WMAQ (NBC)
AM
5:30 Sally Jessy Raphael
6:00 Dave Baum Today
6:30 NBC News at Sunrise
7:00 Today
9:00 Family Ties
9:30 Sale of the Century
10:00 Wheel of Fortune
10:30 Scrabble
11:00 Super Password
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
PM
12:00 Days of Our Lives
1:00 Another World
2:00 Santa Barbara
3:00 The New Newlywed Game
3:30 Love Connection
4:00 The People's Court
4:30 Channel 5 News at 4:30
5:30 NBC Nightly News
6:00 Channel 5 News at 6:00
6:30 The New Newlywed Game
7:00 Valerie
7:30 Amazing Stories
8:00 NBC Monday Night at the Movies: "First Monday in October" (1981) - Walter Matthau, Jill Clayburgh
10:00 Channel 5 News at 10:00
10:30 The Tonight Show - Guest host: Betty White; Guests: Jack Klugman, William Devane, Paul Rodriguez, Charles Nelson Reilly (Historic side note: Jay Leno guest hosted for the very first time the following night)
11:30 Late Night with David Letterman - Guests: Art Donovan, Rita Rudner
AM
12:30 Sally Jessy Raphael
7 WLS (ABC)
AM
5:30 Money Works (pre-empting 20 Minute Workout)
6:00 ABC News This Morning
7:00 Good Morning America
9:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show (national debut)
10:00 Fame, Fortune and Romance - Robin Leach, Matt Lauer (weekday spin-off of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous)
10:30 Double Talk - Henry Polic II
11:00 Ryan's Hope
11:30 Loving
PM
12:00 All My Children
1:00 One Life to Live
2:00 General Hospital
3:00 True Confessions
3:30 Jeopardy
4:00 Eyewitness News at 4
5:00 Eyewitness News at 5
5:30 ABC World News Tonight
6:00 Eyewitness News at 6
6:30 Wheel of Fortune
7:00 MacGyner
8:00 Monday Night Football: New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys
11:00 Eyewintess News at 10
11:30 Nightline
AM
12:00 Nightlife - David Brenner (syndicated)
12:30 Movie: "Bright Leaf" (1950) - Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall
9 WGN (Ind.)
AM
4:30 Movietone News
5:00 Keys to Success
5:30 Faith 20
6:00 The Muppet Show
6:30 M.A.S.K.
7:00 The Bozo Show
8:30 The Beverly Hillbillies
9:00 The Waltons
10:00 The Big Valley
11:00 Little House on the Prairie
PM
12:00 Chicago's Midday News
1:00 The Dick Van Dyke Show
1:30 Carol Burnett and Friends
2:00 The Andy Griffith Show
2:30 Bugs Bunny
3:00 MLB Baseball: Philadelphia Phillies vs. Chicago Cubs (pre-empting Heathcliff, The Transfomers, G.I. Joe, Laverne & Shirley, One Day at a Time, and Welcome Back, Kotter)
6:00 WKRP in Cincinnati (aproximate after baseball)
6:30 Alice
7:00 The Greatest American Hero
8:00 WGN Special: Coming of the Second Summit (20th anniversary of the Chicago Leadership Council)
9:00 Nine O'Clock News
9:30 INN News
10:00 Soap
10:30 Trapper John, M.D.
11:30 Movie: "Nadia" (1984) - Carrie Snodgrass, Leslie Weiner (biopic of Nadia Comaneci)
AM
1:30 The Odd Couple
2:00 Comedy Break
2:30 INN News
11 WTTW (PBS)
AM
6:00 Farm Day
6:30 3-2-1 Contact
7:00 Wild, Wild World of Animals
7:30 Sesame Street
8:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
9:00 Sesame Street
10:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
10:30 Reading Rainbow
11:00 All About You
11:15 Arts Alive
11:30 Sesame Street
PM
12:30 The Wild Side
1:00 The First Annual Excellence in Teaching Awards
2:00 Masterpiece Theater
3:00 3-2-1 Contact
3:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
4:00 Sesame Street
5:00 Wild, Wild World of Animals
5:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
6:30 Chicago Tonight
7:00 Child Sexual Abuse: A Program for Parents (Part 1 of 4) - Mike Farrell
8:30 Sky Disk
9:00 We'll Meet Again
10:00 Nightly Business Report
10:30 Tenko
11:30 Alive from Off Center
AM
12:00 Chicago Tonight
12:30 CNN News (to 2:00)
32 WFLD (Ind.)
AM
5:30 The Great Space Coaster
6:00 Mighty Mouse
6:30 Spider-Man
7:00 Popeye
7:30 Woody Woodpecker
8:00 Challenge of the GoBots
8:30 Tom & Jerry
9:00 The Munsters
9:30 Batman
10:00 Lost in Space
11:00 Emergency!
PM
12:00 Lunchtime Superstars
1:00 The Brady Bunch
1:30 Get Smart
2:00 I Love Lucy
2:30 Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids
3:00 Plastic Man
3:30 Popeye
4:00 Woody Woodpecker
4:30 SilverHawks
5:00 What's Happening!!
5:30 Mork & Mindy
6:00 Happy Days
6:30 Sanford & Son
7:00 PM Magazine
7:30 Movie: "He Knows You're Alone" (1980) - Caitlin O'Heaney, Don Scardino
9:30 The Benny Hill Show
10:00 M*A*S*H
10:30 Taxi
11:00 Kojak
PM
12:00 Comedy Tonight
12:30 Sanford & Son
1:00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1:30 Divorce Court
60 WPWR (Ind.) Aurora
AM
5:00 I Married Joan
5:30 The Adventures of Robin Hood
6:00 Laurel & Hardy
6:30 Voltron
7:00 Karate Kommandos
7:30 Robotech
8:00 Inspector Gadget
8:30 Gumby
9:00 Richard Roberts
10:00 The Streets of San Francisco
11:00 The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
11:30 Mr. Ed
PM
12:00 The Addams Family
12:30 The Partridge Family
1:00 Bewitched
1:30 I Dream of Jeannie
2:00 Power Pack Cartoon Club
2:30 Inspector Gadget
3:00 Top Cat
3:00 Scooby-Doo
4:00 Power Pack Preview
4:30 Karate Kommandos
5:00 The Monkees
5:30 Bewitched
6:00 Police Woman
7:00 Movie: "Kingdom of Spiders" (1980) - William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling
9:00 Music Video 60
10:00 SMASH
10:30 Combat
11:30 Movie: "Hong Kong" (1951) - Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming
AM
1:45 Movie: "Those Redheads from Seattle" (1953) - Gene Barry, Rhonda Fleming, Agnes Moorehead, Teresa Brewer, Guy Mitchell
66 WGBO (Ind.) Joliet
AM
5:00 CNN Headline News
5:30 Jimmy Swaggart
6:00 Jerry Falwell
6:30 Thunderbirds 2086
7:00 Macron 1
7:30 Danger Mouse
8:00 Heckle & Jeckle/Mighty Mouse
8:30 Gidget
9:00 Bonanza
10:00 Dallas
11:00 Father Knows Best
11:30 My Three Sons
PM
12:00 The Lucy Show
12:30 Green Acres
1:00 Gomer Pyle. USMC
1:30 My Favorite Martian
2:00 Flipper
2:30 Deputy Dawg
3:00 Mighty Mouse
3:30 Heckle & Jeckle
4:00 Danger Mouse
4:30 Macron 1
5:00 That's My Mama
5:30 Mary Tyler Moore
6:00 Maude
6:30 All in the Family
7:00 Movie: "Time Travelers" (1976) - Sam Groom, Tom Hallick
8:30 All in the Family
9:00 Perry Mason
10:00 Maude
10:30 All in the Family
11:00 Mary Tyler Moore
11:30 Carter Country
AM
12:00 That's My Mama
AM
5:00 The Bill Cosby Show (1969-71)
5:30 Morning Stretch - Joannie Greggains
6:00 Daybreak (local news)
6:30 CBS Early Morning News
7:00 CBS Morning News
9:00 The $25,000 Pyramid
9:30 Card Sharks
10:00 The Price is Right
11:00 Washington Island: North of the Tension Life (local show pre-empting Press Your Luck)
11:30 The Young and the Restless
PM
12:30 As the World Turns
1:30 Capitol
2:00 Guiding Light
3:00 Donahue (formerly based in Chicago at WGN 9)
4:00 Hart to Hart
5:00 Channel 2 News at Five
5:30 CBS Evening News
6:00 Channel 2 News at Six
7:00 Scarecrow and Mrs. King
8:00 Kate & Allie
8:30 Newhart
9:00 Cagney & Lacey
10:00 Channel 2 News at Ten
10:30 Magnum, P.I.
11:40 Movie: "Rain People" (1969) - James Caan, Shirley Knight
AM
1:00 CBS News Nightwatch (to 5:00)
5 WMAQ (NBC)
AM
5:30 Sally Jessy Raphael
6:00 Dave Baum Today
6:30 NBC News at Sunrise
7:00 Today
9:00 Family Ties
9:30 Sale of the Century
10:00 Wheel of Fortune
10:30 Scrabble
11:00 Super Password
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
PM
12:00 Days of Our Lives
1:00 Another World
2:00 Santa Barbara
3:00 The New Newlywed Game
3:30 Love Connection
4:00 The People's Court
4:30 Channel 5 News at 4:30
5:30 NBC Nightly News
6:00 Channel 5 News at 6:00
6:30 The New Newlywed Game
7:00 Valerie
7:30 Amazing Stories
8:00 NBC Monday Night at the Movies: "First Monday in October" (1981) - Walter Matthau, Jill Clayburgh
10:00 Channel 5 News at 10:00
10:30 The Tonight Show - Guest host: Betty White; Guests: Jack Klugman, William Devane, Paul Rodriguez, Charles Nelson Reilly (Historic side note: Jay Leno guest hosted for the very first time the following night)
11:30 Late Night with David Letterman - Guests: Art Donovan, Rita Rudner
AM
12:30 Sally Jessy Raphael
7 WLS (ABC)
AM
5:30 Money Works (pre-empting 20 Minute Workout)
6:00 ABC News This Morning
7:00 Good Morning America
9:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show (national debut)
10:00 Fame, Fortune and Romance - Robin Leach, Matt Lauer (weekday spin-off of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous)
10:30 Double Talk - Henry Polic II
11:00 Ryan's Hope
11:30 Loving
PM
12:00 All My Children
1:00 One Life to Live
2:00 General Hospital
3:00 True Confessions
3:30 Jeopardy
4:00 Eyewitness News at 4
5:00 Eyewitness News at 5
5:30 ABC World News Tonight
6:00 Eyewitness News at 6
6:30 Wheel of Fortune
7:00 MacGyner
8:00 Monday Night Football: New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys
11:00 Eyewintess News at 10
11:30 Nightline
AM
12:00 Nightlife - David Brenner (syndicated)
12:30 Movie: "Bright Leaf" (1950) - Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall
9 WGN (Ind.)
AM
4:30 Movietone News
5:00 Keys to Success
5:30 Faith 20
6:00 The Muppet Show
6:30 M.A.S.K.
7:00 The Bozo Show
8:30 The Beverly Hillbillies
9:00 The Waltons
10:00 The Big Valley
11:00 Little House on the Prairie
PM
12:00 Chicago's Midday News
1:00 The Dick Van Dyke Show
1:30 Carol Burnett and Friends
2:00 The Andy Griffith Show
2:30 Bugs Bunny
3:00 MLB Baseball: Philadelphia Phillies vs. Chicago Cubs (pre-empting Heathcliff, The Transfomers, G.I. Joe, Laverne & Shirley, One Day at a Time, and Welcome Back, Kotter)
6:00 WKRP in Cincinnati (aproximate after baseball)
6:30 Alice
7:00 The Greatest American Hero
8:00 WGN Special: Coming of the Second Summit (20th anniversary of the Chicago Leadership Council)
9:00 Nine O'Clock News
9:30 INN News
10:00 Soap
10:30 Trapper John, M.D.
11:30 Movie: "Nadia" (1984) - Carrie Snodgrass, Leslie Weiner (biopic of Nadia Comaneci)
AM
1:30 The Odd Couple
2:00 Comedy Break
2:30 INN News
11 WTTW (PBS)
AM
6:00 Farm Day
6:30 3-2-1 Contact
7:00 Wild, Wild World of Animals
7:30 Sesame Street
8:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
9:00 Sesame Street
10:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
10:30 Reading Rainbow
11:00 All About You
11:15 Arts Alive
11:30 Sesame Street
PM
12:30 The Wild Side
1:00 The First Annual Excellence in Teaching Awards
2:00 Masterpiece Theater
3:00 3-2-1 Contact
3:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
4:00 Sesame Street
5:00 Wild, Wild World of Animals
5:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
6:30 Chicago Tonight
7:00 Child Sexual Abuse: A Program for Parents (Part 1 of 4) - Mike Farrell
8:30 Sky Disk
9:00 We'll Meet Again
10:00 Nightly Business Report
10:30 Tenko
11:30 Alive from Off Center
AM
12:00 Chicago Tonight
12:30 CNN News (to 2:00)
32 WFLD (Ind.)
AM
5:30 The Great Space Coaster
6:00 Mighty Mouse
6:30 Spider-Man
7:00 Popeye
7:30 Woody Woodpecker
8:00 Challenge of the GoBots
8:30 Tom & Jerry
9:00 The Munsters
9:30 Batman
10:00 Lost in Space
11:00 Emergency!
PM
12:00 Lunchtime Superstars
1:00 The Brady Bunch
1:30 Get Smart
2:00 I Love Lucy
2:30 Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids
3:00 Plastic Man
3:30 Popeye
4:00 Woody Woodpecker
4:30 SilverHawks
5:00 What's Happening!!
5:30 Mork & Mindy
6:00 Happy Days
6:30 Sanford & Son
7:00 PM Magazine
7:30 Movie: "He Knows You're Alone" (1980) - Caitlin O'Heaney, Don Scardino
9:30 The Benny Hill Show
10:00 M*A*S*H
10:30 Taxi
11:00 Kojak
PM
12:00 Comedy Tonight
12:30 Sanford & Son
1:00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1:30 Divorce Court
60 WPWR (Ind.) Aurora
AM
5:00 I Married Joan
5:30 The Adventures of Robin Hood
6:00 Laurel & Hardy
6:30 Voltron
7:00 Karate Kommandos
7:30 Robotech
8:00 Inspector Gadget
8:30 Gumby
9:00 Richard Roberts
10:00 The Streets of San Francisco
11:00 The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
11:30 Mr. Ed
PM
12:00 The Addams Family
12:30 The Partridge Family
1:00 Bewitched
1:30 I Dream of Jeannie
2:00 Power Pack Cartoon Club
2:30 Inspector Gadget
3:00 Top Cat
3:00 Scooby-Doo
4:00 Power Pack Preview
4:30 Karate Kommandos
5:00 The Monkees
5:30 Bewitched
6:00 Police Woman
7:00 Movie: "Kingdom of Spiders" (1980) - William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling
9:00 Music Video 60
10:00 SMASH
10:30 Combat
11:30 Movie: "Hong Kong" (1951) - Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming
AM
1:45 Movie: "Those Redheads from Seattle" (1953) - Gene Barry, Rhonda Fleming, Agnes Moorehead, Teresa Brewer, Guy Mitchell
66 WGBO (Ind.) Joliet
AM
5:00 CNN Headline News
5:30 Jimmy Swaggart
6:00 Jerry Falwell
6:30 Thunderbirds 2086
7:00 Macron 1
7:30 Danger Mouse
8:00 Heckle & Jeckle/Mighty Mouse
8:30 Gidget
9:00 Bonanza
10:00 Dallas
11:00 Father Knows Best
11:30 My Three Sons
PM
12:00 The Lucy Show
12:30 Green Acres
1:00 Gomer Pyle. USMC
1:30 My Favorite Martian
2:00 Flipper
2:30 Deputy Dawg
3:00 Mighty Mouse
3:30 Heckle & Jeckle
4:00 Danger Mouse
4:30 Macron 1
5:00 That's My Mama
5:30 Mary Tyler Moore
6:00 Maude
6:30 All in the Family
7:00 Movie: "Time Travelers" (1976) - Sam Groom, Tom Hallick
8:30 All in the Family
9:00 Perry Mason
10:00 Maude
10:30 All in the Family
11:00 Mary Tyler Moore
11:30 Carter Country
AM
12:00 That's My Mama
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